Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna thanked his Andhra Pradesh counter part N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the State Government for its generous contribution for flood victims of their State. Vijay Bahuguna over phone on Sunday morning thanked CM and said that in a time of distress, timely moral, physical and financial assistance from Government of AP helped a lot.

The AP CM had announced Rs 50 crore for Uttarakhand flood relief works. Of this amount, Rs 10 crore was directly to their Government and Rs 40 crore for pilgrim amenities complexes at 'Chardham'.

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